. Bulletin. Ethnology. 164 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY body it would appear tliat a cord encircled the throat Avith a few beads hung or strung at its middle. Most of the shell beads were made from olivellas by simply cut- ting otl' the end of the spire. They occurred in great quantities in all the Sayodneechee cists (a single specimen came from the gen- eral digging in Cave I). A string of 53 shells was taken from the neck of a skeleton in Cist B (xV-1915) ; another (pi. 70, h) from the same cist has single shells alternating with pairs of the little albatite cylinders. Besides olivellas we h
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 164 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY body it would appear tliat a cord encircled the throat Avith a few beads hung or strung at its middle. Most of the shell beads were made from olivellas by simply cut- ting otl' the end of the spire. They occurred in great quantities in all the Sayodneechee cists (a single specimen came from the gen- eral digging in Cave I). A string of 53 shells was taken from the neck of a skeleton in Cist B (xV-1915) ; another (pi. 70, h) from the same cist has single shells alternating with pairs of the little albatite cylinders. Besides olivellas we have specimens of a larger similar shell (pi. 70, j) prepared for threading by the removal of the spire and part of the body; there are also seven small, thin, discoidal examples cut from an unidentifiable bivalve (A-190'2). A single bead of this nature is attached to the left ear of the infant " mummy " from Cist I, Cave I. There are a few hemispherical bone beads in the Sayodneechee collection (A-194:7), of about the same size and shape as those of stone. They are fashioned from the solid part of the shaft of a long-bone of some large animal. Two short, cylindrical tubes of bird bone, highly polished, probably also served as beads (see pi. 86, <?, d)^ as did some similar tubes recovered in their origi- nal order (pi. 70, /). A string of acorn cups used as beads is shown in plate 70, k. Feathered pendant (fig. 77).—This object may or may not have been for personal ornament. It is from Cave I. It is made of four tightly twisted fiber strings, doubled to form loops and bound together for a space of three-eighths inch by sinew. To each of the eight loose ends there are bound with sinew two small feathers, the greater part of Avhich have been broken off. The total length of the specimen is 2 inches. Household Appurtenances. -Feathered pendant. Rigid type: Our data as to this style is very scanty. We have only fragments of three very badly decayed examples from the ci
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